How to earn money simply by paying with your American Express
How to take full advantage of offers dedicated to American Express holders and not miss a single opportunity
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It may seem like nonsense that you can earn money simply by spending money, but that is what happens with the American Express offers.
We are not talking about cashback (although there is a card dedicated to lovers of this kind of benefit), in this article we focus on the offers that are sent daily to cardholders and that generate a partial, or total, crediting of the amount spent in a given sign.
How the offers work
To check the offers available on your card, simply access the App or the restricted area on the Amex website, where you will see the offers that can be activated, those that are active, and a report of the benefits you have received since you have held that specific card.
It is important to understand that one must activate the offer before making the transaction, and one must be careful about expiration dates. Likewise, it must be clear that very often certain promotions are targeted only to specific users.
How to start saving money
Of course, the first thing to do is to sign up for a card. Right now, the best offer for new customers is. provides free fee the first year and a bonus of 45k MR if you spend 10k over the 12 months. With these points and spending you can detach a free round-trip ticket to the United States or Bangkok.
A few days after receiving the card, by logging on to the app you can start browsing the various offers.
What offers are published
The offers cover every type of merchandise and are always of different value.
For example, during the summer period, the Shop Small promotion was launched and then extended until mid-November. It, upon spending at least €20, recognized €5 instant rebate, usable up to 5 times in 5 different merchants.
Among the most popular offers in recent months is one dedicated to customers of American Express Platinum Card, the most exclusive and benefit-rich card. Twice in less than 6 months, holders were able to take advantage of "More value for platinum," which is a rebate of up to €225 for expenses incurred in various food chains and beyond. Considering the monthly fee of €60, through the two mentioned promos alone, the cost of the card for all cardholders was reduced by 2/3.
There are also offers on stays in hotels that help reduce spending in large-scale retail stores such as Bennet, Esselunga, Carrefour. As well as continuous promotions for online shopping in branded and more popular stores.
Not forgetting American Express travel promotions, which allows, for example, €100 off a spend of at least €300. This offer, as Giulio recounted, if well used, Can you sleep in a 5-star hotel in Beijing For the price of a hostel.
In conclusion
These promos are definitely interesting to save a few euros, but the real "point hunter" should not aspire to get discounts, but to collect points. Let me give you an example: thanks to this summer's GDO promo, on my AZ platinum amex I was able to get 20k alitalia miles (that is 1/4 of a biz in the US), instead of a 200€ shopping rebate at Carrefour. If you compare the two benefits, you can see how much I gained in value and euros.
- 6,000 Mile Registration Bonus
- Collect miles WITH EACH PURCHASE
- Your miles with no expiration*
- No fees for ATM withdrawals and foreign purchases
- Without having to change banks
- Autonomous card activation
- Multi-function mobile application
- Free travel insurance
- Free credit for up to 7 weeks
- Contactless Payment
- Mastercard® SecureCode
- 20€ discount directly in your statement by spending €60 in one or more transactions with Carta on Italotreno.it
- Free fee the 1st year. From the 2nd €5.50 per month
- You can choose to pay in full or in installments
- Premium level of the Italo Più program
- 4 Vouchers per year for access to Italo Club Lounges
- Preferential Access to Italo's Fast Track at the station
- For every 5 purchases of Italo ticketing and/or onboard services made with Italo American Express Credit Card you will receive 1 voucher for room upgrade
- Welcome bonus of 100,000 Volare points upon reaching 6 thousand in spending in the first 3 months after card issuance
- Accumulate 1.5 qualifying Volare points for every euro spent, accumulate an additional 3 non-qualifying Volare points ( for a total of 4.5 Volare points) for every euro spent on ticketing purchases and other services offered by ITA Airways
- Access to the Premium Club of ITA Airways' Volare program.
- ITA Airways Lounge Access
- Free excess baggage
- Points Back